Smena (camera)
Smena 8
Smena (Russian: Смена) is a series of low-cost 35 mm film cameras manufactured in the Soviet Union by the LOMO factory from 1953 to 1991.[1] These cameras were designed to be inexpensive and accessible to the public, made of bakelite or black plastic for the later models,[2] and totally manually operated. Even winding of film is separated from shutter cocking. Their mode of operation was exclusively manual.[1] In the 60s and 70s they were exported by Soviet era export conglomerate Mashpriborintorg (Russian: Машприборинторг).[2][3] Austrian company Lomographische AG now promotes Smenas, as exclusive distributor under agreement with LOMO PLC.[4][5]
Specifications
Smena 8M[4]
- Lens: Triplet 43, 40 mm, f/4, 3 elements
- Focal range: 1 m to infinity, scale-focus
- Shutter speeds : B, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250
- Shutter type: 3 blades diaphragm shutter
- Apertures: f/4, f/5.6, f/8, f/11, f/16
- Film type: 35 mm film
- Size: 70 x 100 x 60 mm
- Weight: 289 g
Models
The Smena models are:[1]
- Smena
- Smena-2
- Smena-2M
- Smena-3
- Smena-4
- Smena-5
- Smena-6
- Smena-7
- Smena-8 or Cosmic 35 for the UK market.[6]
- Smena-8M
- Smena-9
- Smena-35
- Smena-Rapid
- Smena-Symbol
- Smena-M
- Smena-Sl
Model gallery
Smena-6
Smena-6
Smena-8 and case
Cosmic-35 (Smena-8 export version)
Smena-8M
Smena-35
Smena-Symbol
Smena-1
Smena-3
Smena-4
See also
Citations
- 1 2 3 History from Antique Russian Camera website via the Internet Archive
- 1 2 McKeown (1987–1988). Price Guide to Antique and classic Cameras. pp. 306–307. ISBN 0-931838-10-X.
- ↑ "Export magazine from USSR Photo website".
- 1 2 Lomography specs
- ↑ Lomo PLC
- ↑ USSR photo.com on Cosmic 35
External links
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- Smena page on the Lomography website
- We use film Smena 1- Specifications and pics
- weusefilm - smena 8 / cosmic - Manual & Specifications
- Few images taken with Smena Cosmic
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